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GEOGRAPHICAL STATISTICS OF THE 



NETHERLANDS (Con«i?w<ed).— Population of Towns in 1901. 



Amsterdam 

 Rotterdam 

 The Hague 

 Utrecht 

 Groniugen 



530,718 

 341,051 

 218,029 

 106,800 

 68,440 



Haarlem . 

 Arnhem . 

 Leiden . 

 Nimesuen 

 Tilbui-s . 



58,168 

 54,857 

 45,304 

 42,334 



Dordrecht . . 

 Maestricht . . 

 Leeuwarde . . 

 Delft .... 

 s'Hertogenbosch 



39,261 

 34,734 

 33,176 

 32,136 

 31,574 



The regular peace Army in the Netherlands in 1902 consisted of 26,977 under- 

 offieers and men, besides 1881 officers, staff, and administration. 



The colonial army in the Dutch East Indies in 1902 numbered 37,611 officers and 

 men. 



The :Savi\ in 1902 consisted of 121 ships, manned by about 10,600 sailors and 

 marines. 



,S'o(7.— The surface of the Xe<-herlands in 1900 was divided as follows :— Un- 

 cultivated land, 1,459,394 acres ; water and morass, 306,882 acres ; dykes and roads, 

 125,567 acres ; untaxed land, 193,097 acres ; building land, 108,652 acres ; cultivated 

 land, 2,143,834 acres ; pasture, 2,927,883 acres ; gardens and orchards, 153,715 acres ; 

 forest, 621,484 acres. 



Exports.-— ^wtt&x, butterine, oxen and sheep, cheese, gin, sugar, iron and steel 

 goods, woollen and cotton manufactures, silk stuffs, lace, leather, and dye stuffs. 



OMAN. 



Area, 82,000 square miles. | Population, 1,500,000, 



Muscat, the capital, has a population of 40,000. 



Exports.— Yq-a.x\s,, fruit, salt, and fish. 



PARAGUAY. 



Area, 157,000 square miles. Population (1899), 530,103, exclusive of about 100,000 

 Indians. Among the civilised population are 5000 Argentines, 2500 Italians, 1500 

 Spanish, 1250 Germans, 800 French, 600 Brazilians, 600 Swiss, 4.j0 Austrians and 

 Hungarians, 200 British. 



CA/e/ roicH.-?.— Asuncion (capital), 51,719; Villa Rica, 25,000; Concepcion, 15,000 ; 

 San Pedro, 8000 ; Luque, 8000 ; Carapegua, 13,000 ; Paraguari, 10,000 : Villa del Pilar, 

 10,000. 



The Army consists of 1582 officers and men. 



The :Savrj is made up of 3 steamers and 246 officers and men. 



^a:i?o/-«s.— Paraguay tea, tobacco, hides, timber, oranges, and hair. 



PERSIA. 



Area, 628,000 square miles. | Population, 9,500,000. 

 The number of Europeans does not exceed 1000. 



Teheran 

 Tabriz . 

 Ispahan 

 ileshed 



Population of Chief Towns. 



250,000 



180,000 



80,0(X) 



70,000 



Kerman .... 70,000 



Yezd 55,000 



Resht 41,000 



Kazvin .... 40,000 



Hamad;in . . . 35,000 



Shiraz 

 Dizfoul 

 Kaslian 

 Kom . 



32,000 

 30,000 

 30.000 

 30,000 



The standing Army numbers about 24,500 men ; but military service is obligatory. 

 .Eccporis.— Silks, carpets, tobacco, opium, gum, cotton, wool, dates, rice. dc. 



